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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story (2018)

Original title: It Must Schwing - Die Blue Note Story

2018-07-02 · 1h 55m · DE
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A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany and the Hitler regime in the late 1930s. In New York they wrote music history with their record label Blue Note Records.

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Eric FriedlerDirector, Writer

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Alfred LionAlfred LionSelfHerbie HancockHerbie HancockSelfQuincy JonesQuincy JonesSelfWayne ShorterWayne ShorterSelfThelonious MonkThelonious MonkSelfGeorge BensonGeorge BensonSelfSonny RollinsSonny RollinsSelfRon CarterRon CarterSelfHorace SilverHorace SilverSelfLou DonaldsonLou DonaldsonSelfBennie MaupinBennie MaupinSelfMichael CuscunaMichael CuscunaSelf

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JazzRecord companyBlue note records

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Genre affinityDocumentaryTheme affinityJazz · Record Company · Blue Note RecordsDirector preference545240Actor preference154088 · 47762 · 786844Country preferenceDeDecade preference2010

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A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany and the Hitler regime in the late 1930s. In New York they wrote music history with their record label Blue Note Records.

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It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story has a runtime of 115 minutes.

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